FRI. 10-30: When a boy in your boychoir says he can't sing a "boy" songs because he's not identifying as a boy today with doctoral candidate Jenny Hutton

#041.  Veteran high school choir director and Temple University doctoral candidate Jenny Hutton and Steve pick up where Micah and Steve left off in dialoging about challenges in choral communities around gender.  We tend to think of gender issues as being solely trans issues. But there is a spectrum.  CORONA CHOIR's recent guest, Adam Burdick, is gender fluid. He, in his own words, "may never fully transition." Recently, Steve encountered in his program, a very young boy who began presenting as gender fluid. When his group began performing a piece that referenced "boys,"  the singer informed Steve that he could not sing the song since he was not identifying as a boy "at that moment." What to do?  Steve and Jenny discuss, and it leads to a larger discussion about repertoire choices for boys, and the important opportunity boys singing together provides for male esteem and bonding. Visit the SHOW NOTES for links related to this episode. You can also visit coronachoir.org for more resources. There you can join the email list and  be automatically entered into a drawing to tour South Africa with Steve and make music with his South African friends - all expenses paid. You will also get exclusive access to the official "Links Hub," which includes all the links from all episodes, organized by category.  If you're a choir leader and you need help solving a choir problem of any kind, visit 1 on 1 with Fish the Choir Guy, where 30 years experience meets your choral challenges. Finally, stay tuned for Steve's debut on teachable.com, with his online mine course series, "South African Songs in 7!," as well as a course on how choral organizations can plan their own concert tours.  That's right. Your ensemble can have far superior and much less expensive tour experiences, with the profit going to your organization's bottom line instead of a cookie cutter tour company.